EX-23.2
Published on June 29, 2017
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
We hereby consent to the use of our report dated February 13, 2017, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of C. R. Bard, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Bard) as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders investment, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2016, and the related consolidated financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, which report appears in Bards annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading Experts in the proxy statement/prospectus.
Our report includes an explanatory paragraph indicating that management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of Bards internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016, internal control over financial reporting associated with Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc., representing approximately 2.1% of Bards consolidated net sales for the year ended December 31, 2016 and assets associated with Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc.s operations representing 0.4% of Bards consolidated total assets as of December 31, 2016. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Liberator Medical Holdings, Inc.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Short Hills, New Jersey
June 29, 2017